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Training Course on M»

INTRODUCTION

The interest for information on the effect of approaches, projects and interventions on food and nutrition security is growing rapidly. The public sector, including the civil society and governments, frequently monitor data on food and nutrition in order to determine the existing trends and conditions, and the impact of interventions and policies.

International agencies, NGOs, governments and other agencies carry out monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessments regularly. With regard to this fact, this course lays emphasis on the need to carefully select the right set of indicators when designing information support systems at various administrative levels as well as the skills required for the analysis and interpretation of collected data.

The course adopts and interactive training approach and provides participants the chance to learn from each other as well as from the expert facilitators.

DURATION

5 days

COURSE OUTCOMES

• Understand the role of food security and nutrition for attaining the MDGs

• Gain fresh insights on the values of participatory & learning-oriented design, monitoring, and evaluation with regard to food security and nutrition.

• To strengthen your competence in designing an M&E-system

• Have clear ideas for the improvement of M&E systems and impact assessment for food security and nutrition.

TOPIC TO BE COVERED

Introduction

• Food Security frameworks and concepts

M& E Fundamentals

• Data sources collection and use

• Defining a good M&E system

• Identifying the challenges that face Monitoring and evaluation in the Food Security and Nutrition sector

• Including M&E in food security program design

• Indicators

• M&E Frameworks

• M&E Plans

• Participatory M&E systems

• Relating Monitoring and evaluation to your project cycle

• What is M&E?

M&E Frameworks

• Developing and operationalizing M&E frameworks

• Linking M&E frameworks to indicators

• M&E Frameworks

• M&E Frameworks basics for Food Security and other programs

• M&E in Food Security and Nutrition context

• Monitoring results and impacts using a logical framework

• Using data

Gender M&E

• Exploring gender in M&E plans

• Gender considerations for data collection

• Introduction to M&E in Gender and Food Security

• Selecting indicators to measure gender-related outputs and outcomes

• Prioritizing gender in M&E plans

Step by Step approaches to M&E

• Agree on and design core documents to setup an M&E system

• Agree on field monitoring data collection and management process

• Agree on Monitoring data analysis process

• Agree on process for monitoring data utilization and reporting

• Agree on process of evaluation management

• Agree on the principles and purpose of the project M&E system

• Establish project M&E system

• Review and revise M&E plans based on progress

Interpreting and Communicating results for M&E

• Communication and reporting for M&E

• Contemporarily methods of dissemination

Data collection, management and data quality

• Data collection methods (quantitative and qualitative)

• Data collection versus data analysis

• Data quality and data management

• Data quality dimensions

• Double counting

• Functional areas of data management systems

• Increasing questionnaires response rates

• M&E field trips

• Obtaining data from Social media

ICT tools for data collection, monitoring and evaluation in food security and nutrition

The type of research design, philosophical assumptions, and methodologies used by a researcher are key determinants of the outcome and the validity of a particular research. In order to carry out and evaluate any research

The type of research design, philosophical assumptions, and methodologies used by a researcher are key determinants of the outcome and the validity of a particular research. In order to carry out and evaluate any research

The type of research design, philosophical assumptions, and methodologies used by a researcher are key determinants of the outcome and the validity of a particular research. In order to carry out and evaluate any research